Thill-coupling



(N0 Muriel.)

E. H. HOLLISTER.

THILL GOUPLING.

No. 303,351. Patented Aug. 19,1884,

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT EDXVARD H. HOLLISTER, OF KENOSHA, VISGONSIN,

THlLL-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,851, dated August19, 1884.

Application filed February 14, 1884.

f0 (4Z7 whom, it may concern:

.le it known that I, EDWARD H. HoLLIsTEn, of Kenosha, in the county ofKenosha, and State of \iVisconsin, have invented certain new 5 anduseful Improvements in Pole shackles,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to shaft or pole shackles for wagons and othervehicles; and it consists in a shackle ct novel construction wherebyincreased convenience is afforded for shi l'ting or exchanging; the poleor shafts of the vehicle, substantially as hereinafter described.

1 5 Reference is to be had to the accompanying 5 shackle, secured in theordinary inanner to the front axle, B, ofa wagon or other vehicle.

0 is the eye-piece of the shackle, arranged to fit within the jaws ofthe clip, and connected therewith by the bolt 1), passing through said 0jaws and eye-piece, and secured by a nut or 3 5 tended outward in frontin the shape of a bolt,

(No model.)

0, having a scrcw-thrcad,f, upon its outer end. This boltextension ofthe shackle passes through a hole in the iron 9 of the shaft or pole D,and is iirinly secured in place by a nut, h, on the screw-threaded endof the bolt 0, making, as it were, a continuous piece of the shaft orpole iron with the eye-piece of the shackle. By this construction of theshackle I am enabled to shift or exchange the pole or shafts of avehielewithout removing the eye-piece G from the clip of the shackle by simplyunscrewing or taking off the nut h, so that the bolt 0 will be free toslip out of connection with the shaft or pole.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A shaft or pole shackle for vehicles, having an eyepiece, 0, arrangedto engage with the clip on the axle, and constructed with a shoulderedfront portion, 0, terminating in a screw-threaded bolt-extension, c, forready connection with the shaft or pole and disconnection therefrom,substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the axle-clip A and bolt b, of the eye-piece G,constructed with a shouldered front portion, 0, and screwthreadedbolt-extension 0, whereby the shaft or pole may be shifted or exchangedwithout removing the eye-piece from the clip, essen tially as shown anddescribed.

EDXVARD H. HOLLlSTE-R. lVitnesses:

J. S. HoLLIsrEE, \V. H. WILLsoE.

